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Drones take over AUSA, plus the Army’s plan to bring in new vendors
Drones and counter-drone tech dominated the show as the Army implements new ways to keep industry competing.…
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Guns, Growth, and the German Reinvention of Military Keynesianism
In March 2025, Germany did more than loosen a fiscal rule. It fused two national emergencies — a deteriorating Eur…
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Trump appointees asked a federal cybersecurity agency to secretly hack a voting machine
The request shocked staffers, who feared they were being asked to take part in political interference.…
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Russian satellite stalked ICEYE spacecraft in potentially dangerous on-orbit maneuvers
The Cosmos 2612 came within 500 meters (about a third of a mile) to US-flagged ICEYE-X36 believed to be supporting Ukrai…
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DIU unveils next phase in unmanned vessel competition
The DIU solicitation said that it wants USVs outfitted with “mature hard-kill Counter-Air effectors and clutter-resilien…
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You can’t have a fence high enough to protect your facility against drones
[Sponsored] New threats, including downstream attacks, drive the need for improved tools to protect critical assets.…
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In Skepticism We Trust: Ukraine Reacts to the Diesel Deal
Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum …
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Hundreds of federal websites lack key defense against spies, senator says
The list includes sites for FBI tips, intelligence job applications, and the Veterans Crisis Line.…
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Ukrainian defense firms get creative to try and break through export restrictions
Speaking to Breaking Defense in Washington and Lviv, companies made clear that reform efforts to allow weapons exports h…
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Why the Army can’t build its Pacific network like the one in Europe
[Sponsored] Distance, sparse infrastructure, and contested communications force a different approach to connectivity.…
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Army feels ‘growing pains’ as it integrates Anduril NGC2 tech with older comms
“It wasn’t seamless, and we learned a lot,” Brig. Gen. Shane Taylor told Breaking Defense.…
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The Pentagon Doesn’t Need to Reinvent Supply Chain Transparency
As the United States seeks to rebuild its defense industrial base, Washington is scrambling to understand an industrial …
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March Separately, Strike Combined: Rethinking Mass and Maneuver on the Transparent Battlefield
Between May 10 and 13, 1940, German Panzer Group Kleist advanced through the densely wooded Ardennes Forest, which the F…
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Russia has moved past ‘hybrid war.’ Why hasn’t Washington?
Europe is adapting to Moscow’s increasingly brazen and kinetic operations. The US should catch up.…
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US withdrawal won’t end the region’s ISIS dilemma
Iraq, Syria, and their regional partners must cooperate to replace what U.S. troops once provided.…
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Marines fielding new tech for prolonged medical care on the battlefield
Mobile blood refrigeration, ultrasounds, and power generation will keep troops alive beyond the “golden hour.”…
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The real job of the Army’s new ‘robotics technicians’ is constant adaptation
The age of battlefield autonomy demands more than just drone pilots and mechanics, Special Forces’ training chief says.…
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Zone 5 ‘found a spot’ in drone interceptor market with new Eclipse: CEO
CEO Thomas Akers told Breaking Defense that the company’s recent acquisition by Norwegian defense firm Kongsberg offers …
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The lack of a shared lexicon is undermining responsible AI-military integration
We need a common way to talk about military AI—across services, agencies, and indeed, the world.…
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Germany changes course on plans to buy MQ-28 drone wingman: Boeing official
Germany has set a target of 2029 to field a CCA, which would make it the first European country to reach such a mileston…
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Open system architecture will be ‘hyper important’ in downselect of Army’s XM30: Senior official
An open systems architecture allows the Army and its industry partners to plug new and different software and hardware c…
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Turkish Aerospace expands Anka 3 production with new line for upgraded drone
During a visit to Turkish Aerospace’s Ankara facility on Wednesday, a company official said the second production …
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Fast-flying Shahed drones spur new class of interceptors
Drone tech company Powerus eyes rocket or jet-powered interceptors as the next product target.…
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Latvian official warns Russia ‘tempted to test’ European readiness, sounds alarm over border issues
Airis Rikveilis, the state secretary at Latvia’s Ministry of Defense, told Breaking Defense the military and border guar…